beach-washed

I should clarify one point made by Allan Morris; all the specimens handed in
at the zoo have been Short-tailed. We received telephone reports of
Wedge-tailed (from some very competent observers and I would be very
embarassed if I've misquoted), but as he surmised, we have not seen
Wedge-tailed carcasses. Regarding timing, the comment made by our
veterinarians that the wreck seemed a month early is based on the early rush
of telephone calls from the public. We usually start getting calls from
November onwards; this year we got a lot of calls starting in early October.
No science here, which is why my first posting was so tentative.
cheers
paul
Paul Andrew
Curator
Taronga Zoo
PO Box 20
Sydney 2088
tel:612-99784724
fax: 612-99784613
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